# Pitting Honeybadger

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 7, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183 "2018-03-07T15:40:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1157 "2025-11-20T19:17:00Z")

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For fairness’s sake, here’s their retraction:

> [@How can we take this latest Trump nastiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-take-this-latest-trump-nastiness/1024971/107):
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> I will officially retract my statement because I didn’t really mean it. I sometimes find myself getting angry at the press, and I have lapses in my objectivity. I detest low class insults as much as anyone else. especially from our commander in chief. I don’t think most of the public or at least those around him are fooled. I believe we overlook almost everything because Trump seems to be the only one willing to carry the ball. I don’t want to hijack the thread so I will stop there.

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